Thanks Miles.
Long story about why they need to be random.
I'll give all the suggestions here a good review.
Thanks everybody for the help.
tmb
"Miles Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I dunno - why does this topic pop up periodically
Try this; it only works on certain versions of mysql:
select * from table order by rand();
Peter
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Miles Thompson wrote:
> I dunno - why does this topic pop up periodically. Anyway, here are two
> suggestions:
>
> 1. Add a field to the table, called rand_order. Whenever you u
> I need to...
>
> 1 - Select a set of records from a db
>
> 2 - Return a list of one or two fields from the selected record set in
> random order on a web page.
>
> Once I have my selected records & fields... say I end up with 20
records
> after my select query...
>
> How can I return the sele
I dunno - why does this topic pop up periodically. Anyway, here are two
suggestions:
1. Add a field to the table, called rand_order. Whenever you update the
table insert a random number in it and when fetching records order by
Rand_order.
2. Generate an array of 20 random numbers and use it to
I need to...
1 - Select a set of records from a db
2 - Return a list of one or two fields from the selected record set in
random order on a web page.
Once I have my selected records & fields... say I end up with 20 records
after my select query...
How can I return the selected records in _rando
